FORMER RICE COUNTY ATTORNEY STARTS WORK
AS SPECIAL ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY

WICHITA, KAN. – Chris Oakley began work Monday as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney in U.S. Attorney Eric Melgren’s office in Wichita.

Oakley will prosecute Project Safe Neighborhood gun crimes and gang cases.

Oakley was Rice County Attorney from March 2000 until now. He is a 1999 graduate of Washburn University School of Law, a 1996 graduate of Kansas State University, and a 1994 graduate of Dodge City Community College, which he attended on a baseball scholarship.

“Chris is a highly motivated criminal prosecutor and we are pleased to have him join us,” Melgren said. “He will be working on some of the most significant, complex and visible cases we handle.”

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